Riga in the Holocaust Tour

On this walking tour through Latvia's capital, we will visit significant Holocaust memorials in Riga and learn about the city's tragic history during the Holocaust.

Riga in the Holocaust

We will meet in front of the House of the Blackheads Museum to start our historical Holocaust tour of Riga. We will uncover the past of this capital city during World War II.

As we begin our walk, we will visit the Great Choral Synagogue commemorative monument, the site of a Jewish temple burned down by the Nazis on July 4th, 1941, marking the start of the Holocaust in Latvia.

Next, we will proceed to the old Jewish Quarter in Riga, which the Nazis designated as a confinement area for Jewish families during this period. This area was enclosed with barbed wire and guarded by the Latvian army under German command, with orders to shoot anyone attempting to escape.

In this quarter, we will also discuss the old Jewish cemetery, which was converted into a park after the war, with the great stone wall with the Star of David as the only remnant of its history.

After two hours, our tour concludes in front of Peitav Shul, the only still-active synagogue in Latvia, serving over 7,000 members of the current Jewish population.